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@thisdougsforu You've more or less summarized my thoughts. I'm not sure this article fully captures the fervor that has grown up around the SNES in the years since its obsolescence. It's also not clear to me that NES Classic sales were primarily driven by the kind of consumer that Nadia describes here. Was it Wal-Mart moms or was it longtime gamer diehards? I suspect the latter drove the hype, and they'll do the same for a SNES Mini. Then again, I am perhaps generalizing from my own experience. Though I grew up with the NES, I have precious little desire to revisit those games; many have aged poorly. The SNES, on the other hand, commands a greater deal of my love and loyalty.

Update: Over at Kotaku, Chris Kohler echoes my thoughts. "Super Nintendo nostalgia seems, these days, to be much more powerful than the longing for the days of 8-bit, so such a product could be far more successful than the NES Classic."Edited April 2017 by Unknown

On the one hand, I'm not thrilled about paying another yearly fee to play online. On the other hand, if such a fee helps Nintendo to develop its infrastructure to XBL or PS+ capability, well, that dulls the pain.

I hope Nintendo ports Splatoon's campaign to Switch (as an eShop exclusive, perhaps). I hate to think of that content stranded on a dead game, and it's only a matter of time before Splatoon's servers are shut down.Edited January 2017 by Unknown

I know, I know -- don't preorder games. But I loved Arkane's Dishonored 1/2 and so might take the plunge on Prey. The opportunity to play as a male or female protag is a nice continuation from the similar choice of playing as Emily or Corvo in DH2. #TeamEmily

I was a bit nonplussed by the presentation, and persistently negative chatter online further depressed my hopes. But the daylong Treehouse demos assuaged my major concerns. The reveal may not have been everything I was hoping for, but then what was I hoping for? The Switch's launch is not markedly worse than the PS4's or the Xbox One's, and both of those consoles have developed robust software libraries. Yes, my gripes are the same as yours (battery life, paid online), and yes, there's still reason to be concerned about 3rd-party support. But based on what I've seen I badly want the Switch to succeed and I intend to support it from the outset. See you in Bomberman!